1. Terrorism's Global Effect on Tourism
... quarters of these jobs are outside the United States and Europe, in countries that depend almost entirely on income from tourism (Intl. Labor Office, 2001). The drop in international tourism has gone from 7.4% in 2000 to 1.5 in 2001. In October 2000, Club Mediterranee, a resort company, closed fifteen of its holiday villages in the Caribbean, Central America, the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Owners and operators ... in Costa Rica have reported a 30% decline in bookings from 2000(Hall, 1997). In Yemen, al Qaeda attacks have damaged the fragile ... warnings; this of course, only serves th...
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